Fishing and hunting report for Feb. 2

Missouri

BULL SHOALS: 49 degrees, very clear, 9 feet low. Outlook: Guide Del Colvin reports: Black bass fair to good on Wiggle Warts and RkCrawlers in 7 feet of water along windy shorelines and on jigs around docks and in the backs of creeks, also on spoons in creeks and in the main-lake channel in 40 to 50 feet of water. Below the dam: John Berry of Berry Bros. Guide Service reports: The catch-and-release section has reopened. Wadable water mixed with periods of moderate generation. Trout good near Rim Shoals (but otherwise spotty) on olive wooly buggers, prince nymphs, Y2Ks, pheasant tails, San Juan worms, sow bugs and midges. Double fly nymph rigs (a hare and copper nymph with a ruby midge suspended below is a favorite) have been very effective.

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NORFORK: 46 degrees, stained, 4 feet low. Outlook: Bink’s Guide Service reports: Black bass good 30 feet down on small grubs and 4-inch plastic worms 35 feet down off bluffs; stripers good on live bait and on Bink’s spoons 40 to 50 feet down around the U.S. 62 bridge; crappies good 30 feet down in brush piles.

LONGVIEW: 36 degrees, 36-inch water clarity, normal. Outlook: Longview Marina reports: Crappies fair to good off the docks on jigs.

POMME DE TERRE: 45 degrees, very clear, 2 feet high. Outlook: Muskie Guide Service reports: Crappies good on jigs and minnows near Hickory Ridge Highway 83 Marina; all other species slow.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS: 40 degrees, clear, 3 feet low. Outlook: Gier’sBass Pro reports: Black bass fair to good on small jigs and and jerk baits 15 feet down off main-lake and secondary points; crappies fair to good on jigs and minnows 10 feet down around docks and 20 feet down over main-lake brush piles.

REED AREA: 37 degrees, clear, full pool. Outlook: Department of Conservation reports: Crappies fair on tube jigs and minnows near brush piles; all other species slow.

STOCKTON: 39 degrees, clear, 5 feet low. Outlook: Stockton Lake Guide Service reports: Crappies and walleyes fair to good in 20 to 25 feet of water off bluffs and in coves under shad schools; black bass fair to good on stickbaits off chunk rock banks in 6 to 16 feet of water.

JACOMO: 40s, clear, normal. Outlook: Forty Woods Bait and Tackle reports: Crappies fair off the docks 12 to 17 feet down on small shiners, crappie jigs and ice jigs; white bass fair off the docks on ice jigs and shiners.

HILLSDALE: 42 degrees, clear, 1 foot low. Outlook: Jayhawk Marina reports: Crappies slow to fair (but small) on jigs off the docks and fair to good on jigs lakewide over brush piles; white bass fair on jigs; all other species slow.

LA CYGNE: 60s at hot-water outlet, clear, normal. Outlook: Linn County Parks reports: Largemouth bass good (a 4- and a 5-pounder were caught this week); wipers and white bass fair; all other species slow.

GLEN ELDER: 30s, clear, normal. Outlook: Wayne’s Sporting Goods reports: Crappies and white bass fair on minnows and slab spoons off the docks and west of the causeway.